{"product_id":"mieko-shimizu-phenomena-of-the-mind","title":"Mieko Shimizu - Phenomena Of The Mind","description":"\u003cp\u003eCat. no: SFREP000\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFormat: 12EP\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBarcode: 9506764843736\u003cbr\u003eRelease Date: 17 Jun 2022\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Electronic\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMieko Shimizu is a London based Japanese singer, songwriter, composer and producer\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMieko frst erupted onto the UK electronic scene as Apache 61; her searing alter ego, fusing layers of cross-woven breaks and battling shards of sub-bass within stateless melodies drawn from the fringes of the avant-garde. Garnering plays by John Peel she quickly build herself a name across the underground scene. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOriginally trained in Jazz, she cites the multidisciplinary performance artist Meredith Monk and composer Terry Riley as early infuences, but also draws inspiration from many genres.Phenomena of the mind is a re- mastered EP of selected tracks from the album of the same title released in 2006, the year after the London Terror attacks. Something dispirited and unexplainable lay heavy in the air of this immense city that we lived and breathed. In the title song \" Phenomena of the mind\" Mieko's intense Japanese rap echoed the din of the chaotic streets we walk.'Visualise', she says, try to imagine a way to fght our way our way out of this ominous struggle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the track \"Signal Found\", the theme continues to shattered Dance Hall beats that reverberate to the \"Twisted Sound\" of \"Broken down\" \"London Town\". \"Have you lost a plot? Are you ok?\" she asks?.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the track 'Black Salt\" a dark melancholic theme foats over fragmented, glitchy beats compounded by the repetition of the word \"black\" which hammers the constant bombardment of racism prescient of the call for freedom that \"Black Lives Matter.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e• Re-mastered EP of selected tracks from the album of the same title released in 2006 • Premiering the re-release at Twenty One in Southend on 21st April • Mark Taylor describes Mieko in Record Collector as \"An avant-garden artist pushing boundaries\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTracks: Signal Found \/ Phenomena Of The Mind \/ Black Salt\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SHARK FREE RECORDS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41652921106588,"sku":"SFREP000","price":10.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0130\/8714\/6043\/products\/1_fc233447-9c6a-4430-b239-d52e611a7317.jpg?v=1653116695","url":"https:\/\/www.horizonsmusic.co.uk\/products\/mieko-shimizu-phenomena-of-the-mind","provider":"Horizons Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}